Tag: excitement

arrival and impressions

Pre-trip iced coffee from a cute street vendor.

I typically set six alarms for important events. Naturally, this idea frequently backfires and creates needless anxiety for me…. The vegetable truck leaves at noon—there’s no way we are going to sleep until noon. There’s also no way my paranoia will let me go five minutes without looking at my watch. Still, in my excitement I ruminate about everything that could possibly go wrong (…shout-out to childhood conditioning). In my head this trip was going to be the hard reset to the fucked-up beginning that had left me with an ever-shorter growing temper toward my two best friends. As usual, the worry was unnecessary. We gathered our things, turned in the guesthouse key and asked the first tuktuk driver we saw to take us Warorat Market. The driver was very friendly, making sure we got off where we wanted to…

126 yuan and getting closer

126 yuan...almost a millionaire!

The other morning I went downstairs to scan a map and print it out. Only problem was my dad was at computer looking at tennis matches or finances or something. He started talking…and in general I don’t just interrupt and change…

will to focus

I have been struggling to focus on projects for a long time now. Photography, music, writing. I sit down and get started only to get sidetracked and have more than a dozen tabs open in two different browsers. I have wanted to publish a book of my writings and photographs for years now. I have wanted to record certain pieces of music for years now. Previously I thought I was not accomplishing these goals because I didn’t…